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They say that the electric side is fine and that they can hear the compressor. They told me this after I asked them to check the fuse wondering if they could have blown it by not letting it settle. I'll get them to check for wires missing of the pot though. Anything else I should look...

Hi all. I've sold someone a freezer that I didn't want. I sold it on a car boot stall for £60 (It was graded so marked on the sides). When I sold it I offered to deliver it for £10 but they declined. When I was talking to them I told them that if I was going to deliver it that I'd keep it...

I've seen the cutter from Ikea and have bought the dunelm one. Both of them are for cutting the plastic and aluminium blinds. They don't actually have a blade so would I expect squash the wood and indent it but highly unlikely to cut it especially not smoothly. However if you've got the...

Thanks Masona. I haven't even attempted cutting them yet because I've seen some 50mm slat blinds in a specialist shop that I prefer the look of, the wider slats mean they are spread further apart allowing more light through. I'm now looking into buying these blinds however they are often...

for mounting within the window recess? How much shorter than the recess would you trim them? Width wise. Thanks Vertical

I've thought about a mitre saw but mines a bit rickety, also I'd have to do the cuts in smaller sections which would be closely attached to each other so a bit fiddly. I do like the look of the blade on the mitre saw though and was thinking about using it as a hacksaw but I think the saw is a...

Thanks for the quick response

Thanks but I don't have a bench saw. I think I would be worried about the ferocity of it if I did but I've never used one so I wouldn't know. I think I'm sticking with the hacksaw and will have a go tomorrow. I've just being looking at screwfix for their range of saws. I was looking to see if...

Any recommendations on which way to cut then, i.e through each slat or through every slat. If you know what I mean! Vertical

Thanks masona. When I said how thick was it, I meant the dimensions of all the slats together, sort of a modular block of wood. Anyway the blind shop wouldn`t cut down my blinds so I`m not paying there quote of around £320. So I'm plucking the courage up or motivation to tape it up and...

Hey Thanks ipjodan. I'm just of to a blind shop to see what they say and I'll take it from there. With yours how thick did it end up up with all the slats? What type of saw did you use? Well blade in the hacksaw? How smooth was the cut? Did you need to sand them afterwards? (the...

Hi all. I`ve just bought some venetian blinds for my bay window as it appears to be too difficult to get curtains in and for them to look well. So blinds it had to be. The main window is 260cm wide while the side windows are around 45 -50 cm. So I`ve bought two 60cm blinds for the side...

After a second look, the gap is less than 1mm maybe even 0.5 mm but it looks like its 3 time the size of the gaps in the rows joined with the click system (the click system seems to pull the rows in tightly). Altough I still haven`t took it apart again and had a look at the grooves. Hopefully...

I`ve completed my hallway with engineered wood flooring, however to do under the doorways i`ve cut the lip of one of the rows of the floor so that I can slide the row under the doorways and then pull it back into place ( at the front door there are three pieces wide, the rest is just one piece...

Thanks WYL Somehow , well the simple part makes me think I should do something more complicated. Anyway I`m off to buy the wood. Thanks again. Vertical